The Thursday Ramble: The US Election

I voted early, it was simple and efficient.  The line was only four or five people in front of me, mid morning on a Saturday.  The ballot was custom printed for my precinct. I marked it, and it is read by the standard scanning machines.  Before I left the polling place I knew that my vote had been counted. Under state law, the totals on early voting won't be announced until after the polls close on election day.  I would normally vote on election day, but I will be traveling that day, and I didn't want a delay in travel to result in not making it to the polls.  

This is too important of an election to miss.  

The top race on the ballot is President and Vice President.  

The choice here is:

• The Convicted Felon
• Or the Career Prosecutor

To those that think that the prosecution of the former President was political; bear with me for a moment. He was convicted of directing that the books be falsified to make a personal payment of over $100,000 look like a tax deductible business expense. Our tax system relies in the honesty of business owners and managers to keep a set of books that reasonably report income, and necessary business expenses.  Paying off the boss's mistress to buy her silence, is not a business expense. It is a personal expense.   

When this kind of cheating on the bookkeeping is uncovered, when witnesses come forward, it is prosecuted to set an example for other businesses to keep an honest set of books. If we didn't prosecute these crimes, business owners would be free to fraudulently underpay their fare share of taxes. It is not political. Ask the imprisoned officers from Tyco and Enron who were convicted of the same kind of frauds. (The CEO of Tyco charged as a business expense shower curtains for his home.)  

This also paints picture of the former President's character. Not only did he cheat on his wife with a porn star, and pay her for her silence, he then directed that it be covered up and made to look like a legitimate business expense. 

Simply put, Trump is a lier and a fraud. Please don't vote for him.  If can't you bring yourself to vote for Kamala Harris, please don't vote in the Presidential election.  You can skip that item and vote the rest of the ballot.  

Personally I like Kamala, I have since I voted for her four years ago.  She is a woman of color, an experienced criminal prosecutor, she was attorney general of California, and elected to national office.  When I voted for Joe Biden in the primary, I was really voting for Kamala, I doubted that his health would not allow him to finish a second term in the most stressful job in the country.  

If you are looking for the American dream, Kamala is the daughter of immigrants, and a self made success story rising from poverty to the second highest elected political office in the country on her merits.  She is bright and not one to be intimidated by anyone.  

Any world leader who tries to second guess her, ignore her, or push her around is in for a shock, you don't where she is without being a strong advocate for your beliefs.  She is not a lier or a fraud. She is the real deal.